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The Art of Being Seen: Alice Mizrachi
Alice Mizrachi grew up in Queens and built her art around a radical idea: put ordinary people on the wall. Her large-scale community murals, collaged from neighborhood portraits, turn the faces of grandmothers, teenagers, and elders into forty-foot celebrations of belonging. This is public art made with a community, not just for one.
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Scale Invites Play, Small or Large!
A miniature bronze bird tucked inside a Staten Island tree stump sparked this look at how scale transforms public art into play. Anne Marie McDonnell’s 1995 sculpture sits alongside giants: Claes Oldenburg’s Spoonbridge and Cherry, Lateral Office’s glowing Impulse seesaws, and David Rockwell’s Imagination Playground. Small or large, the best public art rewards attention and…
Meet Shannon Steven
Shannon Steven is an art teacher with a master’s degree in K-12 Art Education. She has worked in the classroom predominantly with elementary-aged students while also maintaining a practice teaching adults throughout her career.
She believes that art-making is a natural human drive that everyone should have access to. Through technique building, mindfulness activities, engaging play, and creative adventure, she helps her students experience the joy and benefits that visual art can provide.
Shannon is an approachable and enthusiastic guide who values wonder and curiosity and celebrates the way visual arts make creativity accessible to everyone.
Bringing public art to life through enaging tours, consulting, and curriculum development for schools and communities.
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